The HSUS warns pet lovers not to put cruelty on their shopping lists this year by unwittingly purchasing puppies from puppy mills. Images of adorable puppies joining their new families on a holiday morning are icons of this festive season, but sadly, behind the adorable puppy purchased from a pet store, website, or classified ad, there often lies a world of cruelty.

Prop B is a simple measure, dealing only with setting basic humane standards for puppy mills. Yet a highly visible campaign against Prop B, funded by industries that profit from animal abuse, fought it with false statements, misrepresentations, and scare tactics in an attempt to confuse voters.

More than 60 Seattle area pet stores have signed The HSUS' puppy friendly pet store pledge — committing not to sell puppies, and instead support local animal adoption programs and provide literature that helps customers locate a reputable dog breeder.

The Humane Society of the United States’ Holly Tarry was touring National Mill Dog Rescue in Colorado when Piper and the other dogs rescued from a puppy mill arrived. Tarry couldn’t resist Piper’s soulful eyes.

More than 100 dogs saved from a Bloomfield, Ind. puppy mill are now on their way to better lives thanks to the efforts of local authorities, area humane organizations and The HSUS, which acted as the lead animal welfare organization in this rescue mission.

Grammy Award nominee Colbie Caillat, a spokesperson for The HSUS’s Puppy Mills campaign, is asking the public to join her in pledging not to shop at pet stores or Internet sites that sell puppies during Puppy Mill Action Week.

Photographer Robbie Bellon has photographed the rescued and adopted dogs of more than 28 celebrities for a photo exhibit to draw attention to The HSUS's Puppy Mill campaign. Twelve of the photos are included in a calendar for sale at zazzle.com/hsus to benefit the campaign.

Missouri veterinarians are joining with voters from throughout the state in celebrating the passage of Proposition B, a statewide ballot initiative to establish basic standards of care for dogs in large-scale commercial breeding facilities.

Nearly 1 million Missouri voters sent a powerful message through the ballot box to shed the stigma of being the puppy mill capital of the country by approving Proposition B, a statewide ballot initiative to establish basic standards for the care of dogs in large-scale commercial breeding facilities.

Voters in Missouri have passed the nation's first statewide ballot measure to protect dogs from the worst abuses at puppy mills, and voters in Arizona resoundingly rejected a legislative power grab on wildlife management. The Humane Society of the United States led campaigns with coalition partners in both states, and these victories are the latest in a string of electoral victories in recent years through animal-protection ballot measures.

We have declared victory in Missouri on Prop B! We are winning now by 38,000, and we expect that margin to increase! We also won in Arizona—defeating Prop 109. We protected our right to advance animal protection initiatives and turned back this terrible effort by the NRA.

Missourians for the Protection of Dogs/YES! on Prop B, the committee supporting the ballot measure to stop puppy mill cruelty, has asked the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to initiate an investigation of widespread illegal dumping of dead dogs by large-scale commercial dog breeders in Missouri.

Two well-known and respected Missouri natives, Oscar-winning actors Kevin Kline and Chris Cooper, are adding their names to the list of those endorsing Proposition B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act on the November ballot.

With just over a week until Missouri citizens will vote on Proposition B to stop abuses at large-scale puppy mills, cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has featured a dog rescued from a Missouri puppy mill in Sunday’s MUTTS™ cartoon strip, which urges readers to take action to save puppy mill dogs. MUTTS will run a full week of strips on the puppy mill issue.

The coalition of individuals and animal welfare organizations supporting Proposition B, the statewide ballot measure to stop puppy mill cruelty, is pleased to announce that former U.S. Senator Jack Danforth has endorsed the measure.

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